‘Heads-Up’ PlayStation Store Update (7th July 2010)

EU Playstation blog writes: As one more week passes by, one more week of fresh store content is here to greet you; don’t you love this routine we have. I set out our wares, and you come along and loiter in the aisles, and touch all the merchandise leaving fingerprints everywhere, and then go on your merry way. Sometimes you may even gently abuse me too. It’s all so familiar, and when I’m not around like last week I do miss it. So it’s a pleasure to be back this week.

Anyway, enough inane blathering, I suppose it’s time to follow on with tradition and list the new content, and give you my thoughts on the highlights this week (in no specific order).

I too expected PS Plus weekly updates (at least in terms of game discounts) but to have them only once a month seems a little restrictive. I want to get PS Plus.... i really do... but like some dudes on a podcast stated its way too goods-based rather than service-based for now so if u already have or are not interested in the discounted (or "free") games its pretty much useless. I could nevertheless see the appeal of it.

USA gets weekly PS+ updates, but got less at first. Europe is said to get all of its content day 1 and nothing with the weekly updates.

Then again, USA PS+ after the update is about even with EU PS+, although missing the KZ2 Steel&Titanium DLC, which may arrive in the coming 2 weeks for American users.

Overall I think USA's approach is the better one, as it keeps you interesting in PS+ all through the month, Europes PS+ now is visiting day 1 and not coming back to PS+ tab.

With USA PS+ getting 15 months for the price of 12, paying 50 USD and Europe 50 Euro (which is at the current low Euro even 60 USD, and if it rises to the rate the Euro was on some months ago even close to 70 USD), I expect a bit more than getting LBP digital download where I already had the disc version...

You gotta step up on this service Sony, I paid it once, but if it disappoints this year I might not keep the subscription. Cross game voice chat for PS+ also could make a difference BTW.

If it were only stuff like a 50% discount on LBP Marvel level kit this week Sony for PS+ EU, already that would give me a feeling you did something...